3D Model Container for 2D Raster Image Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing techniques fail to effectively integrate and utilize 3-D models and 2-D raster images together, leading to compounded deficiencies in representing and understanding structures, as 3-D models may lack real-world accuracy and 2-D raster images struggle to provide precise geometric information.
Innovation Solution
A 3-D model is used as a navigable container for 2-D raster images, where icons representing the images are placed within the 3-D space corresponding to their capture location, allowing for combined views that superimpose the 2-D images onto the 3-D model, enabling better interrelation of information.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If a 3-D model is used to represent structures, then the geometric information and spatial relationships are improved, but the real-world accuracy and detail of actual conditions deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines 3-D model data with 2-D raster images (photographs) into an integrated system where the 3-D model provides geometric framework and the 2-D images provide real-world visual documentation. This merging allows the system to simultaneously deliver precise geometric information from the model and authentic real-world accuracy from the photographs, resolving the contradiction between these two requirements.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent embeds 2-D raster images within the 3-D model structure, nesting visual documentation inside the geometric framework. The images are positioned and oriented to correspond with specific locations and viewpoints in the 3-D model, creating a layered integration where each data type complements the other's strengths while mitigating its weaknesses.
2Ease of manufacture
If 2-D raster images are used to capture structure information, then the ease of capture and information content are improved, but the ability to determine precise position and geometry deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The 3-D model serves as an intermediary framework that provides the missing geometric context for 2-D raster images. By anchoring images to specific positions, orientations, and viewpoints within the 3-D model, the system enables precise positional determination and geometric interpretation while retaining the ease of photograph capture. The 3-D model acts as the mediator that translates 2-D image data into spatially-accurate information.
3Adaptability or versatility
If separate 3-D models and 2-D raster images are used, then the data sources are simple to obtain, but the ability to interrelate information deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges 3-D model data and 2-D raster images into a unified navigable container system where both data types coexist and can be accessed together. This integration prevents information loss by allowing users to simultaneously view geometric relationships from the 3-D model and real-world visual details from the images, maintaining the simplicity of obtaining separate data sources while eliminating the separation problem.
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AI summary
In one embodiment, a 3-D model is employed as a navigable container for 2-D raster images, allowing 2-D raster images to be maintained and displayed within the context of the 3-D model. An image cloud level is provided for the 3-D model. Icons are provided within the image cloud level. Each icon corresponds to a respective 2-D raster image and is located at a position within the 3-D space of the 3-D model that corresponds to a position in the physical space of the physical world where the 2-D raster image was originally captured Upon selection of a particular icon, a combined view is shown, depicting the corresponding 2-D raster image combined with a corresponding portion of the 3-D model.